Quality Management 2017

take home messages

• Correct staffing levels are necessary to support high quality and safe radiotherapy, and to allow technological evolution. • Although the average radiotherapy staffing levels in Europe are in line with international recommendations, there is a wide range in available radiotherapy staff in different European countries.

• The variability is related to a number of factors : • National welfare • Rules and regulations • Cancer incidence • Retreatment rates • Roles and responsibilities • Treatment complexity and fractionation

• Available recommendations are often outdated and adjusted post-hoc to the actual situation. There is an urgent need for accurate predictive models.